- Paperback: 200 pages
- Publisher: Authorhouse (October 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1418422274
- ISBN-13: 978-1418422271
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 14.7 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 318 g
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They trudged through the dusty road, a small procession of females, the elder pushing a small wheelbarrow in which was perched a trunk. Read the first page
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A heartwarming, heartbreaking Irish immigrant tale, Nov 27 2004
By Jeanne Marie - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Haggerty's Curse (Hardcover)
Haggerty's Curse by Marsha Lytle is the heartwarming, heartbreaking and intriguing tale of Irish immigrants who journey to America in search of freedom and happiness. Along the way they suffer, as all families do, from lost loves, found loves, mistakes and secrets that weave the fabric of life. The raw, genuine, ordinary, exceptional and imperfect characters construct the framework of all families. It is this intimacy with family that resonates most with Haggerty's Curse. Their remarkable lives inspire a captivating saga of the Irish in America.
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Haggerty's Curse, May 13 2007
By Michele Murphy "Michele" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Haggerty's Curse (Paperback)
This is a book I wanted for a collection and have not read yet. I will do so soon and I know I will enjoy it.
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An Irish American Love Story and Tragedy, Jan 15 2005
By Michael Hagerty - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Haggerty's Curse (Paperback)
Those disenfrachised with American life today would do well to study the Irish experience beginning in the 1840s in Northeast America. In the mid to late 1800s signs hung in the storefront windows of New York, Philadelphia and Chicago that said "NINA", meaning No Irish Need Apply. The discrimination wasn't subtle or hidden, it was obvious.This book provides a window into the life of the Irish fleeing to America after the potato famine of the 1840s. The main characters, James Haggerty and Catherine Brennan are in love, but James won't act on it for fearing of marrying and having children, thus passing on his family's curse of Alzheimer's. The story spans their young lives fleeing to America, struggles to find work in Philadelphia, and trying to make a life in the Midwest.
The book has laughter, sadness, love and tragedy and truly gives insight to the Irish-American experience. This book reaches out and pulls you in from page 1. Should be required reading for all American history students in the high school years.
And given that I share a last name with the main character, my heart goes out to my Irish ancestors who paved the way for me in the 20th and 21st century!
Michael Hagerty
Suffolk, Virginia
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